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veltheimianium, both of which appear to belong- to the 

 Lower Carboniferous of Europe. Neither of these species 

 has been found in the rocks of Mount Lambie nor in any 

 of those considered to be of Devonian Age, so tliat it woukl 

 appear that they are characteristic of a higher horizon, and 

 if that be Lower Carboniferous then it becomes almost 

 certain that L. notlium or L. australe, if our fossil belongs 

 to the latter, is Devonian in New South Wales at any rate. 



The questions involved are not only important in New 

 South Wales geology. The age of many of the Queensland 

 beds is still somewhat uncertain, and Lep'tdodendron australe 

 occurs there as well as in Victoria, and one of the most 

 desirable things in Colonial geology is to obtain a satisfactory 

 correlation between the older beds of the various Colonies, 

 especially those of Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, 

 and Queensland. In Mr. R. L. Jack's " Handbook of 

 Queensland Geology " Lepidodendron is mentioned as 

 occurring in the Star and Gympie beds. The species is 

 quoted as L. nothum, but is said to be identical with L. 

 australe, so that Mr. Jack evidently agrees with Mr. 

 Etheridge, jun., in the matter of the species. 



While this paper was in course of preparation I received 

 from Rev. J. M. Curran, F.G.S., a copy of his book on 

 " The Geology and Petrography of Bathurst," being the 

 substance of a paper read by him before the Linnaean Society 

 of New South Wales. In this allusion is made to the 

 stratified rocks to the east of Bathurst, and the names of a 

 few fossils from limestones believed to be Silurian are given, 

 but this part of the subject is only briefly treated, so that 

 nothing definite as to the age of the other rocks can be 

 deduced from his work. 



5.— NOTES ON THE LATE LANDSLIP IN THE 

 DANDENONG RANGES. VICTORIA. 



By F. DANVERS-POWER, F.G.S. 



The tenth, eleventh, and twelfth of July, 1891, will long be 

 remembered in Victoria as the dates on which one of the 

 most destructive floods occurred that has taken place since 

 that colony has been inhabited by Europeans. This unusual 

 deluge of rain brings before us most vividly the action of dis- 

 integrating agents around us ; the results of these that are 

 most prominently brought to our notice at the south-west 



